GRE Word List
SUSTENANCE
means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| desiccate | to dry up |
| collate | to compare critically |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| conflagration | fire |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |